Fats Waller
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1517903912 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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I feel like I need to reread the book as there are I only have two comments. First, I feel like I need to reread the book as there are so many names that I didn't recognize. A name may have been mentioned only once, but I want to look them up to learn who they were as that can extend Waller's story even more. Second - my only . kurt schmidt said Its amazing that for an entertainer who passed away over 70. Its amazing that for an entertainer who passed away over 70 years ago, to have this detailed of a book about him. If you like Fats Waller, this is a must have. Well written by his son who unfortunately is now gone as well.. A superb portrait of Fats Waller Richard M. Rollo In 1969, for me, modern jazz had hit a dead end. The same riffs, the same key changes. Four soloists in search of an ensemble. To paraphrase Hemingway, the musicians were having all the fun and the audience none.The critics had come to rule the roost and acted like political c
Thanks, Maurice. "Fats was my first jazz piano influence and his spirit is still vital to my approach to jazz Maurice Waller’s book about his father clarifies what has been for so long just story and rumor. Now I feel I know his legend from an authentic source—his son. Fats lives, indeed."—Dave Brubeck
Maurice Waller reveals the rarely seen side of Fats as a family man, struggling to juggle domestic affairs with the demands of being one of the era’s busiest jazz men. Few stories capture the frenetic energy of the age quite as well as the life story of this rollicking, hard living jazz icon.. From his earliest days as a child prodigy to his wild nights playing Harlem rent parties to his appearances on stages around the world and his eventual commercial success, it’s all here. Friends like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin knew him as a serious piano stylist and composer. Thomas “Fats” Waller was a legendary stride pianist, a wildly entertaining comedic singer, and the composer of such classic melodies as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and hundreds more. The public knew him as a charming, rascally, and effervescent showman. This is the intimate, behind-the-scenes story of his exuberant life, as told by h